It's funny reading Poor Things after seeing the film. I find myself seeing Emma Stone as Bella, but thus far the other characters all seem too Scottish to be their cinematic counterparts.

#PoorThings #AlasdairGray

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"Poor Things"

Vanavond deze geweldige film, met Emma Stone en Mark Ruffalo, op VRT2, rond 21.50!
Vooral kijken, ik had er in de bioscoop veel plezier aan!

#PoorThings #EmmaStone #MarkRuffalo #VRTCanvas
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230458/

Bugonia: Not good.

Unnecessary level of misogynistic violence, an ending with an unnecessary level of silliness, and a main male character that is pure toxic masculinity and sadistically cruel.

Along with the ridiculous ending of #PoorThings (which should have stuck with the much better book ending), Yorgos may be too self-indulgent.

I love #Dogtooth, but these two fail in overall story, for me.

Still gonna try his previous work 🤞🏿

#Bugonia #movie #movies #film #cinema #YorgosLanthimos

#Movies . . .

Just finished listening/watching (more listening than watching) #Bugonia (2025) another 1 of the 10 movies nominated for Best Picture at the #Oscar awards ceremony tonight.

It's a bizarre #movie that won't win, which is similar to the odd ball #movie -- #PoorThings -- that #EmmaStone also starred in.

The movie is about this cray guy who kidnaps Emma Stone's character because he thinks she's an alien from outer space but it then turns out that the women is really from outer space. Really??? LOL!!! 🤦‍♂️

Anyway, it's a dumb movie which is why I listened to it more than I watch it.

Tried to watch the other 2 Best Picture nominees that I haven't seen yet but they're both foreign language films -- in whole or part -- but my #AltStreaming channel doesn't have the sub-title tracks. So, there's no point in my watching them unless I can find a channel that includes those tracks.

Not recommended unless you like this kind of thing. 🤷‍♂️

https://www.michaelgale.dev/reviews/film/2026/poor-things

#Letterboxd #JesusChrist #PoorThings #TooFuckingLong #FilmReview #SelfHost #IndieWeb

#FilmFreitag #KW11
The Bride!

Mary Shelley, Frankensteins Monster und Bonny und Clyde treffen in diesem Film von Maggie Gyllenhaal aufeinander und bilden ein wildes Amalgam aus zeitgetreuer 30er Jahre Optik, fiebertraumhafter Erzählstruktur, feministischen Anklängen und der Zerrissenheit zwischen Lieben-Geliebtwerden, Ich-Du-Gesellschaft und Selbstfindung ähnlich wie bei #PoorThings. Ein Film, der sich traut nicht alles zu erklären, sondern es uns selbst überlässt, darüber nachzudenken, was der tiefere Sinn ist. Wird wohl leider nicht jedem gefallen - aber wer ein kreatives Werk mit Anspruch an eigene Denkleistung sucht, könnte Gefallen finden. Darüber hinaus ein toller Cast mit sehr soliden Leistungen.

⭐️ 4/5

#Kino #Film #Kurzkritik #Filmbewertung #Frankenstein #MaryShelley #maggiegyllenhaal #Fiebertraum